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If you had a baby in the first decade of the new millennium there are some things that are going to instantly bring back memories.

And there are things that will remain forever true.

For example, the Cbeebies bedtime song will never not give you hope that your children will be in bed soon.

Dr Tanya Byron is a guru of giving great advice to stressed out parents.

And I can’t have been the only parent who has seen the Disney movie Cars 1,351,997 times?

YES, a lot of these things are still available now but us 00s parents were the pioneers, the early adopters of these movie franchises/television shows/equipment.

Here’s 20 things that will be instantly recognisable if you had a baby in the 00s:

1. Pregnancy and baby message boards

Mumsnet (Picture: Mumsnet.com)

You probably joined before your DD or DS (dear daughter/son) was born with a wacky username (mummyneedsastiffdrink) and one of those tickers in your signature which showed how many weeks pregnancy you were or how old your LO (little one) was.

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Yes, they do still exist. But we were there first.

2. And then came…Facebook

People *really* need to see these 100+ pictures of my child in the same pose (Picture: Iain Masterton/Getty)

In the mid-00s a new fangled social media site launched in the UK called Facebook which allowed us to drop 136 pictures of our children and just as many statuses about them every single day.

3. Bumbo

(Picture: Mint Images)

And while we were uploading the millionth picture on Facebook these little things were very useful.

5. Iggle Piggle

Iggle Piggle is my homeboy (Picture: YouTube/BBC)

You knew bedtime was just around the corner when this dude showed up.

4. Cbeebies Goodnight Song

Sung by the OGs Chris and Pui.

Your day had definitely been filled with…

5. Big Cook, Little Cook

(Credit: BBC/Giphy)

6. Lazy Town

(Picture: BBC/Lazy Town Entertainment)

7. Me Too!

Granny Murray and the gang from ‘Me Too’ (Picture: BBC)

If only you could take your children to Riverseafingal to stay with Granny Murray?

8. Balamory

(Picture: Balamory)

What’s the story in Balamory?

9. 64 Zoo Lane

(Picture: 64 Zoo Lane)

‘There’s one with a hump

‘And one who can jump

‘And one who is, well, a little bit round

’64, 64, 64 Zoo Lane.’

Earworm.

10. And then they went and put Cbeebies on BBC iPlayer

(Picture: Simon Belcher/imageBROKER/REX/Shutterstock)

A blessing and a curse.

11. They would be wearing Lelli Kelly shoes

(Credit: Lelli Kelly/Giphy)

12. Or backpack reins in a fun animal design

Children’s backpack with reins (Picture: Mothercare)

And they were always jumping in muddy puddles because of a new programme called…

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13. Peppa Pig

(Credit: Peppa Pig/Giphy)

But if we needed expert advice to stop any bad behaviour, we turned to…

14. House of Tiny Tearaways

15. Or Little Angels

With the legendary Dr Tanya Byron.

If we wanted a bit of peace and quiet we went to the cinema to watch…

16. Cars

(Picture: AP/Disney/Pixar)

or

17. Madagascar

(and of course all the Cars/Madagascar spin off shows, movies and merchandise)

There was ONE place every two year old wanted to visit once it opened in 2008…

18. Thomas Land at Drayton Manor

Thomas at Drayton Manor Park (Picture: Drayton Manor Park)

Admit it, you got excited when you saw the *real* Thomas coming down the tracks too.

There was also one song that was played at EVERY children’s birthday party